The Diplomat Way.
Dig Deeper. Explore Further.
When you become an F&M Diplomat, your influence reaches everywhere—the classroom and laboratory, the studio and stage, the playing field, the city of Lancaster and beyond. Because each step you take, each choice you make, expands into something greater.
To shape the world, start right where you are. That's the Diplomat way.
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Explore, Experience, and Succeed at F&M
Real-World Learning
Your ideas may start in the classroom, but they won’t be contained there. At F&M, you can connect the things you care about to meaningful experiences, including research, internships, volunteering, and more.
A Global Campus
We proudly embrace our global identity and commit ourselves to improving our cultural fluency. We demonstrate this commitment by recruiting students from around the world, emphasizing the transformative power of studying abroad, and creating opportunities to engage with a globalized Lancaster.
Success Beyond F&M
We’re a partner in your success on Day 1. Explore how we engage with students across all four class years — and discover how that commitment helps you land jobs in leading industries and gain admission to high-demand graduate and professional programs around the world.
Our Home: The City of Lancaster
F&M's extraordinary home city is an urban oasis. Lancaster, PA offers arts, culture, and experiences for every taste and preference and is full of extraordinary opportunities — all within safe walking distance of campus.
Discover the city »F&M Stories
June 27, 2025
The (Diplomat) Way of St. James
Completing the Camino de Santiago is often a once-in-a-lifetime experience. But Johansen Vargas '26 and David Nieves '27 have accomplished this feat twice. The two were selected as student leaders for F&M on the Camino.
June 26, 2025
Heading for the Bright Lights
As a first-year at F&M, Samantha Correa ’24 knew she liked working with cameras, writing stories and performing. Now, she is pursuing a master's degree in radio, television, and digital communication at Boston University. “F&M’s liberal arts curriculum allowed me to be part of many things during my time there,” she said.
June 25, 2025
D.C. Summer Session ‘Opened My Eyes to a World I Had Never Known’
An immersive summer program brought 13 students to Washington, D.C., for two weeks to connect with thought leaders in government, nonprofits and community organizations.